Editing Techniques of Knowledge (section)

==Origins==
These techniques have some similarities to techniques in [[Sant Mat]] derived movements and may be derived from [[Surat Shabd Yoga]].<ref name=Barret>Barret V. David ''The New Believers: Asurvet of Sects, Cults and Alternative Religions" (2003), pp.327, Octopus Publishing Group , {{ISBN|1-84403-040-7}}</ref> Additionally, Kranenborg writes that the techniques of Knowledge originated from the [[Surat Shabd Yoga|Surat Shabda Yoga]] or [[Sant Mat]], the Path of the [[Sound Current]], and that some of the techniques are related to the '[[japa]]-' or [[mantra]]-[[yoga]] which are similar to some techniques of [[Transcendental meditation]] and the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishnas]].<ref name="Kran" />

The website "Maharaji.org" (1999) included the traceable story of "Masters" that, according to Prem Rawat, referred to the techniques of Knowledge since 1780, including Totapuri, [[Anandpuri Ji]], [[Dayal Ji]], [[Swarupanand Ji]], and his father [[Hans Ji Maharaj]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maharaji.org/masters/masters.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990508114904/http://www.maharaji.org/masters/masters.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 1999|title=Masters|date=8 May 1999}}</ref>